(Reuters) – Ukrainian winger Andriy Yarmolenko’s extra-time goal earned West Ham United a 2-0 win over Sevilla on Thursday and took the English aspect into the Europa League quarter-finals.
Yarmolenko had been granted compassionate go away after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and missed West Ham’s 1-0 loss within the first leg in Spain on account of sickness.
He reacted sharply to a rebound, nevertheless, to ship the London membership into a European quarter-final for the primary time since 1981 and knock out Sevilla, the file six-times winners of the competitors.
Yarmolenko gave his shirt to a fan with a Ukraine flag as he celebrated a win that began when Tomas Soucek headed in Michail Antonio’s cross on the far put up to place West Ham in entrance 5 minutes earlier than halftime.
The groups completed deadlocked at 1-1 on combination after 90 minutes.
“Unbelievable! This season is sort of a dream come true,” Antonio advised BT Sport.
“Yarmolenko is such a beautiful man. I can not think about what he is going via. He’s acquired a of completion now. Hopefully, he can preserve doing it.”
It was the second extra-time loss on the evening for the 2 Seville groups making an attempt to succeed in the ultimate of their house metropolis.
Real Betis went out after Eintracht Frankfurt secured a 1-1 draw with a own-goal from Guido Rodriguez within the dying seconds as a penalty shootout loomed, going via 2-1 on combination.
Olympique Lyonnais held Porto to a 1-1 draw and in addition superior to the last eight 2-1 on combination.
They will be a part of Barcelona, Rangers, Braga, Atalanta and RB Leipzig within the quarter-final draw on Friday.
(Reporting by Fernando Kallas, Editing by Ed Osmond)
